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Vatican II: A Sociological Analysis of Religious Change.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wilde, Melissa J., 1974-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Religious Studies.
- Local Subjects:
- Religious Studies.
- Contents:
- What Does Not Explain the Council 4
- Part I Explaining the Council 5
- The Data 9
- Part I Explaining the Council 11
- Chapter 1 Collective Effervescence and the Holy Spirit: The Eventful First Session 13
- Eventful Sociology and Vatican II 14
- Trying to Ensure a Rubber-Stamp Council: The Curia on the Eve of Vatican II 16
- The Chain of Occurrences 17
- The Effects: Collective Effervescence and the Holy Spirit 22
- Conservatives: Waiting for the Holy Spirit 26
- Conclusion: The Transformation of Structures 27
- Chapter 2 Who Wanted What and Why at the Second Vatican Council? Toward a Theory of Religious Change 29
- Measuring Organizational Strategies 30
- The Four Groups of Bishops and Their Votes 32
- Theories of Religious Competition 42
- Theories of Institutional Legitimacy and Organizational Change 45
- Combining Theories 47
- The Ecumenical Movement 51
- Conclusion: Competition from the Perspective of the Competitors 55
- Chapter 3 How Culture Mattered at Vatican II: Collegiality Trumps Authority in the Council's "Social Movement Organizations" 57
- Organizational Effectiveness and Culture at Vatican II 58
- Competing Views of Authority in the Roman Catholic Church 59
- The DM's Belief in Collegiality 61
- The CIP's Suspicions about Collegiality 62
- The Domus Mariae 63
- The Coetus Internationalis Patrum 68
- Tactics in Common: Petitions, Votes, and the Modi 74
- Conclusion: Institutional Rules, Models of Authority, Semi-Marginality, and Organizational Effectiveness 77
- Chapter 4 The Declaration on Religious Freedom: Ceding Power, Gaining Legitimacy 85
- Critiques of Hypocrisy: Illegitimacy before the Council 86
- Roman Catholic Reactions 88
- The Story of Reform 91
- Conclusion: The Power of Legitimacy 100
- Chapter 5 The Blessed Virgin Mary: The Toughest Fight of the Council 102
- Catholic and Protestant Views of Mary 103
- The First Session 104
- The Second Session: The Closest Vote of the Council 105
- The Third Session and More Controversy 110
- Conclusion: Mary's Deaccentuation 114
- Chapter 6 The Council's Failure to Liberalize Birth Control: Lackluster Progressive Effort Meets a Hesitant Pope 116
- Christianity's Varied Stances on Birth Control 117
- Pressure to Change 119
- Deliberations on Birth Control during the Council 121
- Conclusion: The Cost to Religious Authority 124
- Rethinking the Council 126
- Appendix A Abbreviations of Primary Sources 129
- Appendix B Methodological Information 131
- Votes from the Second Vatican Council 131
- Caporale's Sample 132
- Members of the Domus Mariae 133
- The Dutch Documentation Center (DOC) 136
- Analysis of the Ecumenical Review 137
- Communism and the Council 137
- Appendix C Timeline of the Second Vatican Council 140.
- ISBN:
- 9780691118291
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